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@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@ public-inbox-daemon - common usage for public-inbox network daemons
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
+        public-inbox-netd
         public-inbox-httpd
         public-inbox-imapd
         public-inbox-nntpd
+        public-inbox-pop3d
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 This manual describes common options and behavior for
 public-inbox network daemons.  Network daemons for public-inbox
-provide read-only NNTP, IMAP and HTTP access to public-inboxes.  Write
-access to a public-inbox will never be required to run these.
+provide read-only IMAP, HTTP, NNTP and POP3 access to public-inboxes.
+Write access to a public-inbox will never be required to run these.
 
 These daemons are implemented with a common core using
 non-blocking sockets and optimized for fairness; even with
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ processes to take advantage of multiple CPUs.
 
 =over
 
-=item -l ADDRESS
+=item -l [PROTOCOL://]ADDRESS[?opt1=val1,opt2=val2]
 
-=item --listen ADDRESS
+=item --listen [PROTOCOL://]ADDRESS[?opt1=val1,opt2=val2]
 
 This takes an absolute path to a Unix socket or HOST:PORT
 to listen on.  For example, to listen to TCP connections on
@@ -42,8 +44,14 @@ like L<nginx(8)> to use.
 May be specified multiple times to allow listening on multiple
 sockets.
 
-This does not need to be specified at all if relying on
-L<systemd.socket(5)> or similar
+Unless per-listener options are used (required for
+L<public-inbox-netd(1)>), this does not need to be specified at
+all if relying on L<systemd.socket(5)> or similar,
+
+Per-listener options may be specified after C<?> as C<KEY=VALUE>
+pairs delimited by C<,>.  See L<public-inbox-netd(1)> for
+documentation on the C<cert=>, C<key=>, C<env.NAME=VALUE>,
+C<out=>, C<err=>, and C<psgi=> options available.
 
 Default: server-dependent unless socket activation is used with
 L<systemd(1)> or similar (see L<systemd.socket(5)>).
@@ -57,7 +65,9 @@ Using this is preferable to setting up the redirect externally
 (e.g. E<gt>E<gt>/path/to/log in shell) since it allows
 SIGUSR1 to be handled (see L<SIGNALS/SIGNALS> below).
 
-Default: /dev/null
+C<out=> may also be specified on a per-listener basis.
+
+Default: /dev/null with C<--daemonize>, inherited otherwise
 
 =item -2 PATH
 
@@ -65,6 +75,10 @@ Default: /dev/null
 
 Like C<--stdout>, but for the stderr descriptor (2).
 
+C<err=> may also be specified on a per-listener basis.
+
+Default: /dev/null with C<--daemonize>, inherited otherwise
+
 =item -W
 
 =item --worker-processes
@@ -82,12 +96,47 @@ the master on crashes.
 
 Default: 1
 
+=item --cert /path/to/cert
+
+The default TLS certificate for HTTPS, IMAPS, NNTPS, POP3S and/or STARTTLS
+support if the C<cert> option is not given with C<--listen>.
+
+With this option, well-known TCP ports automatically get TLS or STARTTLS
+support if using systemd-compatible socket activation.  That is, ports
+443, 563, 993, and 995 support HTTPS, NNTPS, IMAPS, and POP3S,
+respectively; while ports 110, 119, and 143 support STARTTLS on POP3,
+NNTP, and IMAP, respectively.
+
+=item --key /path/to/key
+
+The default TLS certificate key for the default C<--cert> or
+per-listener C<cert=> option.  The private key may be
+concatenated into the cert file itself, in which case this
+option is not needed.
+
+=item --multi-accept INTEGER
+
+By default, each worker accepts one connection at a time to maximize
+fairness and minimize contention across multiple processes on a
+shared listen socket.  Accepting multiple connections at once may be
+useful in constrained deployments with few, heavily loaded workers.
+Negative values enables a worker to accept all available clients at
+once, possibly starving others in the process.  C<-1> behaves like
+C<multi_accept yes> in nginx; while C<0> (the default) is
+C<multi_accept no> in nginx.  Positive values allow
+fine-tuning without the runaway behavior of C<-1>.
+
+This may be specified on a per-listener basis via the C<multi-accept=>
+per-listener directive (e.g. C<-l http://127.0.0.1?multi-accept=1>).
+
+Default: 0
+
 =back
 
 =head1 SIGNALS
 
 Most of our signal handling behavior is copied from L<nginx(8)>
-and/or L<starman(1)>; so it is possible to reuse common scripts
+and/or L<starman(1)>, so it is possible to reuse common scripts
 for managing them.
 
 =over 8
@@ -108,7 +157,7 @@ Reload config files associated with the process.
 
 =item SIGTTIN
 
-Increase the number of running workers processes by one.
+Increase the number of running worker processes by one.
 
 =item SIGTTOU
 
@@ -116,7 +165,7 @@ Decrease the number of running worker processes by one.
 
 =item SIGWINCH
 
-Stop all running worker processes.   SIGHUP or SIGTTIN
+Stop all running worker processes.  SIGHUP or SIGTTIN
 may be used to restart workers.
 
 =item SIGQUIT
@@ -144,7 +193,7 @@ activation.  See L<systemd.socket(5)> and L<sd_listen_fds(3)>.
 
 =item PERL_INLINE_DIRECTORY
 
-Pointing this to point to a writable directory enables the use
+Pointing this to a writable directory enables the use
 of L<Inline> and L<Inline::C> extensions which may provide
 platform-specific performance improvements.  Currently, this
 enables the use of L<vfork(2)> which speeds up subprocess
@@ -161,8 +210,8 @@ created by a user. See L<Inline> and L<Inline::C> for more details.
 There are two ways to upgrade a running process.
 
 Users of process management systems with socket activation
-(L<systemd(1)> or similar) may rely on multiple instances For
-systemd, this means using two (or more) '@' instances for each
+(L<systemd(1)> or similar) may rely on multiple daemon instances.
+For systemd, this means using two (or more) '@' instances for each
 service (e.g. C<SERVICENAME@INSTANCE>) as documented in
 L<systemd.unit(5)>.
 
@@ -183,11 +232,11 @@ L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2013-2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<public-inbox-httpd(1)>, L<public-inbox-imapd(1)>,
-L<public-inbox-nntpd(1)>
+L<public-inbox-nntpd(1)>, L<public-inbox-pop3d(1)>, L<public-inbox-netd(1)>